Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
00020
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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BOXOFFICE BAROMETER This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as "normal," the figures show the gross rating above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) Beach Party (AIP) 170 150 250 200 135 160 170 125 150 90 115 145 200 175 160 Captain Sindbad (MGM) 150 250 175 190 400 300 175 180 130 100 175 202 Caretakers, The (UA) 175 200 125 125 100 120 180 150 100 125 85 135 Castilian, The (WB) 105 100 95 135 90 105 Cattle King (MGM) 100 100 100 100 100 85 100 90 100 150 103 Cleopatra (20th-Fox) 190 400 300 250 250 400 400 300 700 750 300 700 250 200 385 Condemned of Altona, The (20th-Fox) 160 95 90 120 130 75 no 140 90 112 ‘Corridors of Blood (SR) 100 100 90 100 90 90 130 100 Day Mars Invaded Earth (20th-Fox) 100 90 100 100 65 100 100 85 75 100 92 Dime With a Halo (MGM) 100 200 120 90 90 120 8 Vjj (Embassy) 130 200 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 225 160 225 200 225 For Love or Money (Univ) 130 130 125 150 200 135 275 75 300 110 100 165 175 135 135 150 156 Great Escape, The (UA) 220 225 190 175 200 160 160 300 200 250 200 135 210 190 200 200 201 Haunted Palace, The (AIP) 150 90 160 100 150 100 150 129 Haunting, The (MGM) 140 200 95 80 230 200 110 175 170 100 190 105 90 145 House of the Damned (20th-Fox) 100 100 90 80 100 94 In the Cool of the Day (MGM) 110 155 100 80 70 105 120 100 85 80 80 90 125 80 100 99 King Kong vs. Godzilla (Univ) 150 175 170 175 110 250 135 100 205 125 120 156 Love at Twenty (Embassy) 110 175 115 100 65 50 90 100 175 300 128 Marilyn (20th-Fox) 135 75 105 90 150 90 120 109 Mondo Cane (Times) 130 200 200 150 110 150 125 120 330 300 300 190 200 140 300 196 Mouse on the Moon, The (Lopert) 150 165 170 110 230 200 180 150 100 195 145 200 166 No Exit (Zenith) 125 125 135 90 105 100 125 90 160 150 121 Of Love and Desire (20th-Fox) 75 115 90 120 90 250 123 Playboy of the Western World (Janus) 200 95 100 90 150 127 PT 109 (WB) 125 175 150 100 95 190 130 250 140 200 150 115 120 150 150 175 135 150 7 Capital Sins (Embassy) 250 155 100 130 90 125 125 150 90 150 190 300 155 Sparrows Can't Sing (Janus) 170 125 85 110 100 115 185 127 Strinoer, The (20th-Fox) 100 160 150 150 110 125 125 250 110 120 100 90 105 150 100 150 100 no 128 Tarzan's Three Challenges (MGM) 100 115 125 120 115 80 90 106 This Snorting Life (Conit'l) 175 165 205 125 125 195 200 170 Thrill of It All, The (Univ) 150 200 250 250 275 210 190 200 220 175 225 200 200 200 210 210 150 190 206 Ticklish Affair, A (MGM) 130 120 150 90 100 105 125 100 150 95 90 90 no 95 100 150 113 Toys in the Attic (UA) 200 175 230 150 115 150 170 175 175 100 140 200 120 162 Ugly American, The (Univ) 150 200 125 250 110 175 150 115 265 285 200 125 no 100 195 no 150 175 166 Wall of Noise (WB) 110 135 115 90 75 100 100 90 100 90 130 80 101 ‘Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (SR) 150 100 90 70 100 90 90 100 99 : Women of the World (Embassy) 135 170 150 100 220 350 250 100 165 210 155 200 120 179 I TOP HITS OF THE WEEK Individual runs, not an average. Listings are confined to opening week figures on new releases only. 1. Women of the World (Embassy) Milwaukee 250 2. V.I.P.s, The (MGM) New York 225 3. This Sporting Life (Cont'l) Cleveland 205 4. Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) Boston 200 5. Suitor, The (Atlantic) New York .200 6. Wives and Lovers (Para) Boston 200 7. Conjugal Bed, The (Embassy) New York 195 8. Haunting, The (MGM) New York 190 9. In the French Style (Col) New York 185 TO. Toys in the Attic (UA) Milwaukee 175 H ::S i 1 mmmmmmwm.